Law and tax Departement Hiring

Job Description

The Law and Tax Department of HEC Paris invites applications for visiting professorship. The research and teaching interests could either fit into the areas of existing research at the law faculty or expand the existing portfolio at the law department. The current research spans corporate and tax law, European and transnational law, and fundamental rights, and covers topics such as sustainability and corporate social responsibility, diversity and inclusiveness, law and economics, artificial intelligence and the blockchain, financial regulation, and governance.

The stay at HEC is intended for the visiting professor to further her research and gives the opportunity to teach depending on the professor’s profile. The course would be offered depending on the School’s need for Grande École and Specialized Masters students, the MBA program, the PhD in Law and Regulation and the Executive Education. 

The department accepts applications by May 1, 2024 at the latest.

The terms of the professorship (e.g. housing, renumeration of costs) will be agreed on individual basis depending on the involvement in teaching on campus. Office space is provided (either individual or shared office, depending on length of stay and availabilities).

While HEC Paris is a bilingual school (English/French), the ability to teach in French is not mandatory. The work shall be mainly performed at HEC Paris campus in Jouy-en-Josas.

HEC Paris is committed to equal opportunities. It ensures the entire faculty, staff, and students against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment on the basis of race, colour, gender, nationality, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Candidate Profile

The candidate must fulfill the following criteria:

1. Being a professor at a university or business school.

2. Having a publication record in the field of proposed research.

3. Being fluent in working in a multicultural environment - this competence must be highlighted by concrete achievements in the cover letter.

4. Having experience and ability to work in an interdisciplinary manner - this competence must be highlighted by concrete achievements in the cover letter.

Working ability in French a plus, but not requirement.

Application Procedure

Candidates should signal their interest either to one of the professors with whom their own research is connected, to Professor Matteo Winkler (winkler@hec.fr) or Professor Armin Steinbach, Chair of the Law Department (steinbacha@hec.fr).

The application should contain:

1. A cover letter.

2. Resume with publications.

4. A statement containing:

a. The candidate’s research agenda (2 pages max);

b. One short course projects related to the relevant field(s) ((1 page max)

About HEC Paris

HEC Paris is Europe’s first-ranked business school (Financial Times ranking), France's first-ranked undergraduate school of management, and it is consistently ranked among the top-10 business schools in the world.

HEC Paris rankings are available at the following address:  https://www.hec.edu/en/overview/who-we-are/rankings. Further information regarding HEC Paris’ values, academic mission, course portfolio, and corporate partnerships can be found at https://www.hec.edu/en/overview/who-we-are/mission-values.

About Law & Tax Department

HEC Law & Tax Department is a community of 12 faculty members and dozens of guest lecturers that interacts with more than 2,500 students every year. It offers two programs (the Master in Strategy & Law and the LLM in Law & International Management) and provides courses across virtually all HEC programs: from one-year specialized masters, the CEMS program to the MBA and Executive Education. It relies on the support of more than thirty law firms and 4 CAC-40 corporations (AXA, BNP Paribas, Société Générale and L’Oréal) who attend the annual Legal Career Forum. 

For additional questions

Queries can be addressed to Professor Armin Steinbach (steinbacha@hec.fr).